Warp-tying apparatus.



-H. D. GOLMAN, WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 12,1909.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLiOATION FILED JULY 12, 1909.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1909.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1909,

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION YILED JULY 12,1909.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY12,1909.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1909.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12,1909.

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WARP TYING APPARATUS. APPLIOATIION FILED JULY 12, 1909.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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-H. D. COLMAN. WARP TYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1909.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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T0 HOWARD D. coLMAN, LUTHER L. MILLER, AND nanny a snvsnson, corner- NEBS DOING BUSINESS AS BARBER-COLMAN COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

WARE-[DYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters iatent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913..

Application filed July 12, 1909. Serial No. 507,233.

comprisesa frame for supporting a loom beam and a section of a warp brought from a loom, with the harnesses, reed and drop wires in place on such warp section, and a machine for tying the warp on the loom beam to the section of warp. The machine is mounted upon a truck so that after portions of the two warps have been tied to- 'gether, the machine may be moved along the front of the warp-supporting frame, other portions of the warps placed in the machine, and the threads thereof united. These operations are repeated until all of the threads of one warp have been united to the corresponding threads of the other warp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section through a warp-tying machine and a warp supporting frame embodying the features of my "invention. In

this figure the tying-in mechanism proper is" omitted. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the warp-supporting frame, with a loom beam in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the warp-tying machine with the tying-in mechanism removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the warp-tying machine, the tyingin mechanism being omitted. F ig. 5 is a side elevation of the tyingin mechanism and a carriage upon which it is mounted. Fig. 6 is an eievationof said tying-in mechanism and said carriage from the side opposite to that seen in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Figs. 8 and 9 (Sheet3) are fragmentalyiews of the warp. clamps on the warp-tying machine.

Figs. 19, 11 and 12 are detail views of the means for ope ating said clamps. Figs. 13 and 14 illustrate aportion of the means for of a clamp for the new warp. and a clamp for. the old warp, together with a part of the means for movably supporting the clamps for the old warp, and the means for deflecting the warps. Fig. 16 is a view taken from the left-hand side of Fig. "15,- with a portion thereof in section. Fig.- 17 is a top plan view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 15. Fig. 18 is a section on line 18' of Fig. 15. 19 is a top plan view of the separator slide and some of the parts carried thereby. Fig. 20 is a section on line 20 20 of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a sectional view taken in the plane of dotted line 21 21 in Fig. 19. Fig. 22 is a sectional view in the plane of dotted line 22 22 of Fig. 7. Fig. 23 is a detail view of one of the shear blades.- Fig. 2% illustrates one of the thread forks carried by the separator slide. Fig. 25 is a section on line 25 25 of Fig. 19. Fig. 26 is a View of another of the forks carried by the separator slide. Fig.2? is a view taken in the plane of dotted line 27 of Fig. 7, and illustrating the stumblers and related parts. Figs. 28, 29 and 30 illustrate different positions of the stumblers, selectors and separator blades. Fig. 31 is a section taken substantially in the plane of line 31 of- Fig. 7. Fig. 32 is a view taken from the left-hand side of Fig. 31, but with certain portions omitted. Fig. 33 shows the tying-bill, a thread-clamp and a means for restoring the thread-clamp to initial position. Fig. 34 illustrates the action of said restoring means. Fig. 35 is a view taken from the lower side of Fig. 34. Fig. 3645 a detail view ofthe bracket 256. Figs. 37 and 38 are detail sections of the shear. Fig. 39 is a view of the main shaft with the Cifink': gear wheel, eccentric and crank pin carried thereby. Fig. 40' is a top plan VlGWlOf some of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Figs. 5, 42 and 43 illustrate portions of, the sensitively controlled feed. Figs. 44. and torepresent a means for steadying the action of the .feedcontrolling means. Figs. 46, 47, 428 and 49 illust ate the means for mounting and actuating the thread selectors. Fig. 50 is a fragmental viewv of a means for supporting the old warp in the warp-supporting frame. Fig. 51 is a section on line 51 51 of Fig. 50.

Fig. 52 is a top plan View of'some of the devices shown in Fig. 50. Fig. 53 illustratcs ,the'action of a. latch or looking dog for the old-warp supporting means. Figs. 54 and 55 illustrate the construction a locking device employed in the warp-supand action of y shown comprises a bed 1 which is mounted upon a suitable form of truck 2. Any pre- 3 and 4, the clamp porting frame. Fig. 56 illustrates a portion of a means for preventing rotation of the beam containing the new warp. Figs. 51' and 53 are detail views of the knot-tying mechanism. 59 to 63, inclusive, are views, in a series, representing the operation of the knot-tying mechanism. Fig. 64 is a diagrammatic view of the knot tied by the machine. Figs. 65, 66 and. 6'? illustrate the operation of mounting the old warp and the new warp in the warp-tying machine. Fig. 68 is a sectional detail showing a joint in one of the clamp-carrying arms. Figs. 69, and 71 illustrate the operation of the forks 274 and 292. Fig. 72 is a partial top plan view illustrating the manner in which the threads are positioned with relation to the knot-tying mechanism, and the manner in which the knotted ends are removed.

The form of warp-tying machine herein ferred means may be employed to prevent undesired movement of the truck, as, for example, a brake 2; The new warp issupported in the warp-tying machine by clamps 3 being fixed to posts 5 rising from one side of the bed. It is desirable that the threads of the warp be under tension while they are being operated upon by the machine; the clamps 3 and 4 are therefore adapted to grip the threads tightly and the clamp 4. is arranged to be moved away from the clamp 3 to stretch the warp. The clamp 4t is rigidly attached to the upper ends of levers 6, which levers are secured, near the clamp l, to a shaft 7 mounted in hearings in the upper ends of posts 8 fixed to the bed 1 (Figs. 3 and 4). The lower ends of the levers (3 are connected by means of links 9 with cranks l0 fixed upon a shaft 11 extending longitudinally of and within the bed 1. The links-9 and cranks 10 are so arranged that the points of pivotal connection of the cranks and the links may be thrown slightly 'over center in order to lock the clamp i in. the position shown in Fig. 4. Upon one end of the shaft 11 is fixed a hand lever 19. (Figs. 13-a-nd 14, Sheet 3) by means of which the shaft may be rocked to stretch the warp. The operative or tensioning position of the clamp 4- is invariable, being determined by the stopping of the links 9 against the shaft 11. The inoperative position oi said clamp is determined by an adjustable stop on the shaft 11 adapted to engage with a fixed stop on the adjacent end of the bed when the clamp 4 is swung inwardly. The adjustable stop consists of a segmental plate l-l loosely mounted on the shaft 11 and having an arcuate slot 15 therein through which a clamping bolt 16 ere tends. said bolt being carried by an arm 17 fixed to e shaft. on the plate 14 is a stop shoulder 18 adapted to stop against the pin roe-e 1.3. The position of the stop shoulder 18 with relation to the shaft 11 may be varied by adjusting the position of the bolt 16- in the slot 15, thereby permitting of a variation of the tension placed upon the warp.

The clamps 3 and e are identical in construction. Each consists of a channel bar 19 (Figs. 9 and 10) containing a clamping bar 20 slidalole transversely of the channel bar and held therein by means of overlying flanges 21. On the inner surface of one flange of the channel bar is a longitudinal rib 22, the adjacent side of the clamping bar 20 being provided with a similar rib 23. The opposite. side of the clamping bar 20 has locking inclines 2st thereon upon which similar inclines 25 on an operating bar 26 are adapted to ride. The means for'longitndinally sliding the operating bar 26 consists, as herein shown, of a hand lever 27 (Figs. 11 and 12) pivoted at 28 upon the rear side of the channel bar 19 and connected with the operating bar through the medium of a link 29. Said link is pivotally connected at 30 with the hand lever and at 3-1 with a block 89 rigidly attached to the inner side of the operating bar, the channel bar being slotted at 33 to accommodate the block 32. In order that the degree of pressure exerted upon the threads by the clamp may be regulated, the block is adjustably mounted upon the operating bar 26. The contacting faces of the block and the operating bar are preferably serrated, and 12, and said parts are secured together elongated openings'in said block.

' The threads are inserted into the clamps 3 and 4 by means of insertion bars 35 (Fig. 4), said bars, in the form herein shown, hav- H10 in which strips 36 of rubber or other suitable resilient material are cemented or otherwise suitably secured. Warp'th'reads lying in a sheet are inserted into one of the clamps by pressing an insertion bar 35 against the sheet of threads and into the space between the clamping bar 20 and the as shown in Figs. 11

shallow groovesin their opposite sides opposite flange of the channel bar l9.

l/Vhen the hand lever 27 is thrown into the position indicated in Fig. 11, the operating bar 26 is moved to forcie the clamping bar 20 against the insertion l ar, thereb securely clamping the threads. confined in the clamp by' the pressure of the insertion bar, but by pressing the clamping The three 5 are not v bar against the threads and the insertion" 100 by means of screws 34 extending throughi or finely serrated. as indicated on an exagarran ed to be slid lon itudinally in its whichextends into an elongated opening 42 adjustable locking member 44 adapted to A means of ascrew .9.

' clamps 51 and 52 mounted upona carriage 151iflt0 the position said lever is shown to occupy 11}. said figure, whereupon the dog 45 drops behind the shoulder 47 and locks the fie'ction may be varied as circumstances may require by adjusting the plate 44 upon the .be withdrawn from the shoulder 47.

be moved by means of a shaft 65 and hand to the frame of the carriage. "fixed to the carriage frame and supporting 1 gerated scale in Fig. 72. The ribbon 38 is i i groove, for the purpose of deflecting the sheet of threads, as in Fig. 72, by means of a rock shaft 39 (Figs. 15 and 16-) having at one end a crank arm 40 carrying a pin 41 in the ribbon.

a hand lever 43 carrying an engage with a locking dog 45 piyoted at 46 on a portion fixed with relation to the bar 37 and the clamp 3. As herein shown, the adjustable locking member consists of a plate pivotally mounted upon the shaft 39 and carrying a shoulder 47 adaptedto lie behind the bent forward end of the locking dog 45. Said plate is adjustably connected with the hand lever 43 by means of a clamping plate 48, said plates being rabbeted as indicated in Fig. 18, to provide a portion on the clamping plate overlying a portion of the locking plate. The clamping plate 48 is moved to clamp the locking plate 44 between itself and the side of the hand lever 43 by When a sheet of threads secured in the clamps 3 and 4 is to be deflected, the hand lever 43 is rocked, in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig.

ribbon 38 against accidental movement into its inoperative position. Theamount of dehand lever 4:3.

The dog 45 is provided with a handle 50 by means of which the dog may The old warp is arranged to be held in 53. Said carriage is provided with rollers 54, 55, 56 and 57 (Figs. 3 and 15). The rollers 54 and at opposite ends of the car riage are adapted to stand upon IOOVQd tracks 58 and 59 fixedto the bar 3 The rollers 56 and 57 stand upon tracks 60 and 61, the former being secured to one end of the clamp 4, and the other being formed upon an angular bracket 62 fixed to the bed of the machine.

The clamps 51 and are substantially identical in construction with the clamps 3 and at. Ateach end or" the clamps 51 and 52 is a spring 63 (Fig. 8) which tends to hold the clamp open. The clamp is mounted upon swinging arms (34 and is arranged to lever. 66 (Fig. 3), as in the case of the clamp {1. The clamp 51 is stationary with relation 67 is a bar a slidable serrated metallic ribbon G8. Said ribbon is arranged to be moved by means of arranged to be locked to secure the ribbon jection 86 lies between a shaft 69 (Fig. 15), a crank arm 70 carrying a pin 71 engaging in an elongated opening T2 in one end of the ribbon, and a hand lever 73 fixed upon the shaft 69. The lever 73 is 70 (:65 U1 inoperativeposition by means ofa finger 74 pivoted at 75 upon a block 76. The finger 7- is adapted to be swung into place? behind the hand lever 73 to prevent movement of said lever in one direction, and may 75 be swung to one side to permitof moving said lever. The swinging movements of the finger 74: are limited by a stop pin 77 '(Fig. 17) engaging shoulders 78 on said-finger. The amountof deflection given the sheet of threads by the ribbon GS'm-ay 'bevaried by adjusting the position of the block 76, said biocit being secured in place by means of a screw 79 extending through an elongated opening in said block. 35

Means is provided for yieldingly support ing an auxiliary thread-holder adjacent to the clamps 4 and 52. (See Figs. 3, 4 and 65.) said means, in this instance, consists of two arms 80 mounted upon a rock shaft 81 which is carried in bearings upon one side of the (ed 1. The lower portions or said arms are rigidly connected together by means" of a rod 82, and the lower ends of said arms are yieldingiy connected to a stationary part of the machine by means of springs 83. In orderthat the upper portions of the arms-80 may be placed out'of the way aiter they" have served their purpose,-'each of said arms, in this instance,v is formed in two sections-8O 109 and 80 The section 80 is fixed upon the shaft 81, thesection 80* being loose upon said shaft. Upon the upper end '84 of the section 80 is a spring detent 85' (Fig. 68) adapted to coiiperate with a projection 86 upon the section 80 for thepurpose of releasably connecting said sections together in line. iVhen so connected together, the pro V the upper end 84 of the section 80 and the spring detent 85, as shown in Fig. When it isdesired to withdraw the sections 86 to permit of subsequent operations, the operator grasps one of the sections 80 and draws said section downwardly into the position illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. thereby breaking the joint 85 86 in both ofthe arms.

The auxiliary thread-holder used in connection withthe arms 80 is, in this instance, in. the form of a brush consisting of avbar 1 87 having scoured thereon card cloth or other suitable material 88. Said bar is arranged to be mounted on brackets 89 and 90 fora ed on the arms 80. Each of said brackets has a pin 91 thereon adapted to enter an opening (not shown) in the bar 87*for releasably retaining said bar in place'upon the arms '80. i The old war and the new warpto be tied together may e supported upon a. suitable frame, such as the one shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this instance, said frame comprises two base pieces 92 rigidly connected together by means of tubular rods 93 and 9 1, 5 and bars 95 fixed at their lower ends to said base pieces and connected at their upperends in a suitable manner to a longitudinal bar 96. The loombeam A. containing the new warp is supported by the forked upper ends of two posts 97 which are adcommodate beams of difi'erent lengths, and which posts may be fixed inv adjusted position by means of clamping screws 98.

" Suitable means may be provided for preventing accidental rotation of the beam. I have herein shown a shoe 99 covered with felt or other suitable material and fixed to the upper ends of arms 100, which arms are fixed upon a rock shaft 101 journaled in the 80 release it from the sector 101. Rigidly fixed upon one end of the rock shaft 101 which,

carries the hand lever 102 is an arm 105 which is connected with the hand lever by a 'coiled spring 106, (Figs. 2 and 56). It will be seen that the construction just described provides means for yieldingly pressing the shoe 99 against the beam, thedegree of pressure being variable by moving the hand lever 102 alon the sector 104. The pressure may be partially or wholly relieved by movingthe hand lever to the right (Fig. 1). A lug 10,7 on the arm 105 is arranged to be engaged by the handflever 102 when the latter is moved sufficiently far toward said V 46 arm.

Fixed to the inner sides of the bars 95 are two horizontal channel bars 108 arranged with their flanges facing inwardly. Braces 109 extend between the base ieces 92 and the rear ends of thechannel are 108. To the forward ends of the bars 108 are fixed brackets 110 in which is supported a rock shaft 111. Said shaft has fixed thereon two arms 112 on which is rigidly mounted an angular bar 113 formed, in this instance, of two angle irons secured together as shown in Fig. 65. Coiled springs 114 connected to the ends of the bar 113 tend to tilt said bar rearwardly into the osition represented in Fig. 65. A rock sha' t 115 is mounted in the arms' 112 and has fixed upon its ends outside of said arms locking dogs 116 (F 54 and 55) adapted to engage projections 117 upon the adjacent brackets 110. The

$5 rearwardtilting movement of the bar 113 justable longitudinally of the rods 93 to acthreads being tied in a knot behind the h in frame and being fixed at its ends to arms under the influence or the s rings 11% is United by the engagement 0 the portions 118 of the dogs 116 with the portions 119 of the brackets 110. A coiled spring 120 connected at one end with the locking .dog and at its other end with the bracket tends to hold said dog either in or out of locking position, as shown in Figs. 54 and 55. 121 are projections upon the dogs 116 by means of which said dogs may be manual-l tlirown over center into or out of locking-poshtion.

While a beam is being transferredfrom the slasher to the warp-supporting frame, the end of the Warp is held in any suitable way so as to keep the threads in substantial parallelism, as, for example .by means of a l comb 122 put on at the slas er. i

123 is a. cap or backin for the 501115.15;

hen the beam has been placed in position upon the posts'97 the comb 122 is passed; upwardly behind the rock shaft 111 and the? bar' 113 and the comb 122 set upon the'bar 113. The ends hanging over the forward as side of the bar 113 are IIOW d'IlV-ldEd-Jin Q 3 0 number of groups or divisions, eaeh' which may contain approximately the some number of ends, the number of divisionsde pending upon the capacity of thewarptying machine and with the width of the warp.

The threads of each division are then so I cured together in a suitable way, 'as by ty:

ing them into a bunch, as shown at 124. in

'lhe section of the old war brought from the loom terminates in a sum 1 piece of fabric cut from the cloth last woven, and has thereon the harnesses B and the reed (Land the drop wires, it any, the ends of thfilarp nesses or simply twisted to other in a rol a The strip of cloth is presse on to pins 125' (Fig. 2) carried by a bar 126-, said bar extending longitudinally of the warp-support,

110 12? (Figs. 50 and 52)"formed upon slides 128 which are mounted in the channel bars 108. v y

129 is a flange secured to each channeL... bar to retain the slides 128 therein. Th? 11!? pin bar 126 is arranged to be locked against movement by means oftwo dogs 130, each pivotally mounted at 131 upon oneof thee. slides 12S and adapted to engage teeth 1321f fixed uponthe channel bars 108. y rality of teeth 132 is provided so thahthe operator may set the pin bar in any of seri eral different. operative positions Each dog may be supported out of operative pfisltlml by a detent 133 pivoted on the slide 128, the inclined upper end of which is arranged to support a pin 131 fixed in said dog. A spring 135 tends to hold the detent 133 in position to support said pin.

136 is a pin fixed in the slide, 1282501 limit- 1 in the spring-actuated movement of the detent. The means herein shown for lifting the dog 130 out of engagement with one of the teeth 132 and for returning said dog into operative position comprises a rock shaft 13? carried by the slides 128, and hand \l'hen thfe' hand lever swung to the left (Fig. the projection 140 on said hand lever wi'z't engage the rear end of the locking dog and depress said dog into position to engage with one of he teeth 132. the detent 1 2- vielding to permit the'pin 13s to pass do nward.

he old warp is arranged to be drawn rearwardlv to pull the knots through the heddle as will appear more fullv'here- .inaftcr. b means ll lQiil shown as comprising two weights 14' attached to cables 143 which pass over sheaves 14% attached to the rear of the warp-supp uting frame. the forward ends of said cables being secured to the rcck shaft 137. as shown in Figs. 1. 50 and 5-2. 145 a handle fixed upon the rear side of the pin bar 126 by means of which the opcratcr. s anding between the rear poia tions of the channel bars-1 may control the rearward movement of said pin bar. and return the pin bar to the front of the frame.

The reed C may be supported bv suitable mean su h a a shelfl l i secured to the pin bar 12 and having a groove therein to receive one edge of the reed. The upper edge edge of said reed.

of the reed is engaged by a plurality of clips 14? fixed upon a tube or sleeve 148, which sleeve is free to turn upon the shaft 13]. The reed is secured in the wa rp-s'upporting frame bv placing one ed e of the reed in the groove of the shelf 116 and dropping .the clips 14? into engagement with the upper 7 lf-desired, the pin bar 12 ma be connected at intervals with the sleeve 14% by means of arms H9. 1

The means herein shown for supporting the harne ses l3 comprises arms 150 supported in hraekets'151. Each of the arms 150 is horizontall'v movable in its bra ket. the horizontal movement of the arm being limited by a pin 15-2 fixed in the bracket and extending through an elongated opening 153 1 in said arm. To permit of a vertical adjustment of the arms the brackets 151 are provided with stems 15-! lying within socket members 155 and clamped in any desired one hand. brushes them position by means of a clamping screw 156.

A pin 15? extendingthrough the stern 15 1: with its ends lying in vertical grooves 1'58 in said socket member prevents the bracket fr-cm falling from said socket. The socket members 155 are slidablvmounted upon the bar 96, whereby the arms 150 may be adjusted laterally, nally.

Two spaced parallel bars 159 are fixed at. their ends in blocks 1G0. Said blocks are vertically and longitudi;

removablv supported in the warp-supporting frame upon flanges 161 formed upon the inner fa es of the brackets 110. Pins 162 fixed in the flanges 1F11 are.ac ligpted'to extend through openings in the'block 160 to 1 hold the bars 139 from accidental displacement.

As hereinbefore stated when a section. of the old warp is received at the warp-supporting frame. the harnes' and the reed are in 'ptsition thereon. Assuming the bars 159 to be removed from the warp-support ing frame. and the pin bar 126 to be in its forward pcsition as shown in Fig. 1. the

reed is placed upon the shelf HG and secured thereon b v the clips 147. and they harnesses suspended upon the arms 150. The ars'159 are now replaced, and the sheet of old warpthreads laid thereover. The threads are nextdivided into groups and each group tied into a bunch. as in the case f the new warp. Both warps are now ready to be securcdin'the clamps of the warptving machine. The warp carriage having been lifted oil the tracks 5S.59 and 61. v the warp-tying machine'is placed in front f the warpsupporting,frame. as shown in Fig. 1. and in frcnt of the portion of the warps to be first tied together. The operafor now swings the armssections upwardly into the position shown 'in Fig. 65.-

and places the auxiliarv thread-holder 87 upon the brackets 81). The operator then unties the knot into which the adja ent portied. and. taking a number of the threads in into substantial parallelism by means of a brush of any suitable character. and secures the brushedout ends'bv pressing them down upon the card cloth 88. This operation is repeated until there has been formed a sheet of subtantially parallel threads extending from the bar. 113 across the clamp 3'. the ribbon 38and the clamp 4 to th thread holder 87,"

which sheet may be as wideas the machine. is capable of handling at one time. The sheet of threads is then seen red in the clamps 3 and 4 by pressing insertion bars 35 against said sheet and into the clamps.

The slack or supply of reservethread permitting the sheet to enter the clamp 3 55 obtained through the tilting forward of the bar 113 against the tension of the springs tion of the new warp had previously been 

